Steven L Dexter

About Me

Live and work in Las Vegas. Attend First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Las Vegas. I served in Vietnam from December 1969 to February 1971 in the 11th Armored Cav..."I" Troop... where I drove a tank, and Air Cav in the ARP's (Aero Rifle Platoon). Also served in the Navy from 1976 to 1980 on the USS Cayuga and USS Duluth. I graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1974 with a degree in social work. I spent two years hitching and working in the oil patch in Wyoming as a roughneck. Lived for about 25 years in San Diego, my favorite city. I'm proud to be Christian, Soldier, Sailor, Conservative.

Angle of Repose

Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.To me it represents a state when elements and influences of my life come into balance. The angle where a relationship leans perfectly to support one another. The angle where my relationship with God is where I remain at rest on Him. The angle where my intellectual and spiritual growth constantly increases.

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There's a contributer to this blog, "The Windrose Hotel" from Italy. For all things in news, history, literature, architecture, and religion from a Christian, Conservative, European perspective, this is the site. I'm pleased to have his perspective added to The Metaphysical Peregrine.

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Books Read 2017

"Death Without Company" *** A Longmire Mystery, Craig Johnson. Good stories and characters. These are mysteries and more. Lots of Wyoming and Indian lore.

"G-Man" *** Stephen Hunter Superb writing, well reseached and infomative as well as complelling and entertaining. Hunter has a recurring character in his novels, Bob Lee Swagger, and this is one of them. Highly recommended.

"Hot Springs" *** Part of the Swagger series, this one with Earl Swagger. Mindless good storytelling.

"Kindness Goes Unpunished" ** Craig Johnson. A Longmire Mystery" Couldn't get into it. Takes place in Philadelphia, and just wasn't compelling or interesting. Don't know if it was the events or location or writing.

"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" ** Sheryl Sandberg. Sandberg is a Lefitst Feminst that has been high up at Google and Facebook. She accidently stumbles on a couple good points. Uses dated stats to support her observations. This was read for a bookclub on women in leadership. We had good discusssions from a not very good book.

"Savage Country" *** Robert Olmstead --Western, hard core men and women on a buffalo hunt of epic proportion. Good narrative, characters, action. Recommended.

"The Hemlock Cup" *** Bethany Huges- A history of Athens at the time of Socrates. The book gives a sense of time and place, what it was like to live in Athens then. They had their moments, but overall, nasty and brutal.

"The Witches" *** Stacy Schiff- A reporting and chronical of the Salem witch trials. Details of that, the personalities and what it was like to live then. Slow worthwhile read.

Movies Seen 2017

"American Assassin" *** Action packed compelling thriller. Well done.

"Blade Runner 2049" ** It was slow, ponderous, over produced and self-indulgent. Obviously not a Philip K Dick written story. The soundtrack wasn't music, but loooooog atonal disharmonic tones backed by percussive sounds. I was just irritated by it. You know that head drop and that startle's you to wake up? Did that. One of the elements for me of a good movie is if engages me and I have no sense of time. I couldn't wait for this to end. Other than that, I didn't like it.

"Dunkirk" **** We all know what it's about. Stars unimportant. As close to a perfect movie as you're going to get.

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 " *** Great fun. Highly entertaining!

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" ** The first one was so good I saw it twice. This one couldn't decide if it wanted to be parody, comedy, serious or what. Many jump the shark scenes. Not smart and stylish at all. Dissappointed.

"Logan" *** Hugh Jackson. Wolverine character, really good. Good story and acting. Well done and enjoyable.

"Silence" *** Martin Scorsese's movie about 17th century Jesuits in Japan. Most didn't like it; I was enamored. It was long, nearly 3 hours, and slow paced.

"Wonder Woman" *** Fun, well acted, well directed. Too bad caught up in divisive cultural wars utterances. This was just a fun movie with themes of justice, courage, altruism and caring. Highly recommended.